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The Official all inclusive Powers of Google Thread

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All of these are found on their main site, but most people just skip over them. Besides I'm bored and trying to prove that Google is going to take over the world.

Google.com - Arguably the web's best search engine.
Gmail - 1 GB storage email still in testing. Need invite to sign up.
Images - Image search engine.
News - Powerful News source collection and searching tool.
Froogle - Price searching engine.
Print - Future online searchable library.
Alerts - Provides email alerts to news stories that you set filters to.
Answers - Pay site to have professional researchers help you.
Catalogs - Product catalog search tool.
Directory - Categorized directory of websites.
Labs - Future Google development projects.
Local - Google white pages business directory.
Scholar - Scholarly article search engine.
University - Search within your school's website.
Desktop - Search program for searching through files on your pc.
Toolbar - IE addon that adds searching, auto-fill, and popup blocking.
Groups - Online communities forming groups of similar interests.

Google searches for html as well as pdf, doc, and 10 other file types.
Google has a built in spell checker.
Google is also available for use on PDA's.
Google owns Blogger.com a site for personal blogs.
Google now owns Keyhole which is a 3D model of earth used for navigational purposes.
Google owns Picasa.com which is a tool for organizing photos on a pc.
Google calculator, just type in an equation into the search bar and it will figure it out.
Conversion tool, example of a search "convert 9 inches to feet" and it will do the work.
Type in a phone number or address to get more information on a location including maps.
Compute is a distributed computing project in beta
Synonym search, place a ~ before a word to search for its synonyms as well.
Now a wireless froogle site for cell phones http://wml.froogle.com
Put in a 3 digit area code or 5-9 digit zip code to find out where its located.
Flight tracking, put your airline + flight number to get flight information.
UPC's, enter a products UPC for more info on a product
Fedex, USPS, and UPS package tracking, just enter the tracking number.
Enter the vin number of your vehicle for more information.
Enter a stock ticker for newest quotes.
Enter an airport's 3 digit code followed by the word "airport" for travel conditions for the airport.
Enter "patent" and then a patent number for information.
Type in the word "define" followed by another word to find dictionary results for the search word.
Future Instant messanging service possible.

Phew, post whatever else I missed. I'm sure theres tons more, and I'll add to the list.
 
They bought a instant messaging protocol recently, which means they will most likely come out with their own IM client. What could they possibly offer to sway AIM/ICQ/MSN/Yahoo members though? Unless this GAIM will be like a free Trillian Pro.
 
One rather interesting feature is Google Complete which brings up a list of suggested choices as you type. I suppose it's one way to find out the most popular search subjects starting with a particular set of characters. You only have to type in two letters before Britney Spears comes up, whereas you have to put in five before I do.
 
Google is the bomb.

I had no idea they did fedex/ups/usps tracking - thats awesome.

I'd use a Google messenger client in a second if it could use your MSN list.
 
Originally posted by: Trygve
One rather interesting feature is Google Complete which brings up a list of suggested choices as you type. I suppose it's one way to find out the most popular search subjects starting with a particular set of characters. You only have to type in two letters before Britney Spears comes up, whereas you have to put in five before I do.
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Wow, did not know this feature. For the ultimate in lazy.
 
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